Hey, Wads Squad. Crooked hosted our first ever CrookedCon last week in Washington, D.C.

If you were there, thank you. If you couldn't make it, here's something special just for you.

A bonus episode of my panel, Make America What Again, Policy Priorities for a Progressive Future.

I spoke with Democratic strategist, Wale Shahid, near a Tandon of the

Center for American Progress, and writer Matthew Iglesias of Slow Boring. Here it is, raw, uncut,

and in its entirety. Enjoy. Hello, everyone. I'm Jane Koston.

We are live from CrookedCon, as you know, because you've signed things and came here.

You know where you are.

You know what we're doing.

So a lot of policy conversations like this one, except not like this one, can devolve into really smart people arguing back

and forth about what they think will fix all of our problems. I know what will fix all of our

problems, and that's if Michigan wins another national title in football. See? See? I get it. Yeah.

But in this conversation, I'm actually way less interested in progressive versus centrist policy

arguments and more interested in what wins elections, because what do we like?

Winning!

Yay!

Like, wasn't Tuesday fun?

Because we won!

Yay!

So I gathered some of the best minds in liberal progressive circles to talk about it.

So joining me today, Matthew Iglesias of the Slow Boring Newsletter.

Near a Tandon of the Center for American Progress,

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